African Mythology Gods and Goddesses list | African Mythology

. Epa Oya oo. Oya’s day is Wednesday. Oya is the most powerful Orisa of the winds and tempests. Oya is known as a fierce warrior and strong protectress of women, people call on Her to settle disputes in their favor. As the Orisa of change, She brings down the dead and stagnant to make room for the new. She uses Her machete or sword and gifts of hurricanes, thunderstorms, winds to clear a path for new growth and transformation. She is known to be the Orisa to watch over the newly dead and…

The Goddess Auset is the embodiment of those intuitive and instinctive faculties that lay deep within our psyche, governing our ability to care for and nurture others. People in whom this faculty is strongly developed are very protective, caring and nurtur

A goddess of truth, order, morality, justice, and law, Maat was honored and beloved throughout most ancient Egyptian kingdoms and periods.

Yemayá (also known as Yemọja or Yemanjá) is a Yoruban river spirit. She is an Orisha, a guiding spirit of the rivers sent to aid humanity. When the Yoruba people were enslaved by colonizers, Yemayá also merged with the Virgin Mary in syncretic practices. in the Americas, the Orishas are the deities of syncretized religions such...